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Closed Ports/Panic buying

Write a book or say nothing.

Did these people learn nothing from the lockdowns?

During the shortages I told my wife to take note of the things that we needed that were hard to come by and if it ever eased up to make sure that we had a stock of those things.

Well, it did ease up and we did stock up on those things.

I've told this story before but I went to take my trash out one day right during the middle of the toilet paper shortage and in front of the dumpster there was a full case (60 rolls) of toilet paper and a case of paper towels. I think that one was 30 rolls maybe?

I brought it inside and put it in our storage locker. It's still there.
 
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trader said:
gee....sorta like winning a very small jackpot, but something is better than nothing! j/k
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I'm not sure if you were replying to me but our dumpster's kind of weird. People move out and whatever they don't think they're going to need wherever they're going they leave at the dumpster. I haven't bought a window fan since I moved in here. One of my neighbors was taking out a really nice handmade bookcase one day and I took it before he even got to the dumpster. I found a really nice wire rack shelf.

One of my neighbors got kicked out of the Army and he left all his TA-50 sitting out by the dumpster. I found a really nice set of USGI Binoculars. I looked them up and they cost 300 bucks.


Somebody dumped an ATM out there one night.
 
being a "longshoreman, is tough work, in fact, bull work. working in all types of weather conditions, much heavy lifting, even when cranes are helping.

it's a job for the not faint of heart, and weak to even try to get, and way back when, you "had to know someone" to get you into the shipyards.

for what they do, they can make $100.00 per hour........hey, we pay plumbers that much to walk into our homes to make repairs......many garages charge that much per hour to repair our vehicles.

they are needed to this day, and yes, some of that work will eventually be done by robotics.

i'd like to see some of todays lazy-assed youth try just one hour of that type of work, before they run home to mommy's basement and thier smart phones and cry on twitter, facebook, tick-tock, about getting dirty, and sweaty.
 
Old_Me said:
being a "longshoreman, is tough work, in fact, bull work. working in all types of weather conditions, much heavy lifting, even when cranes are helping.

it's a job for the not faint of heart, and weak to even try to get, and way back when, you "had to know someone" to get you into the shipyards.

for what they do, they can make $100.00 per hour........hey, we pay plumbers that much to walk into our homes to make repairs......many garages charge that much per hour to repair our vehicles.

they are needed to this day, and yes, some of that work will eventually be done by robotics.

i'd like to see some of todays lazy-assed youth try just one hour of that type of work, before they run home to mommy's basement and thier smart phones and cry on twitter, facebook, tick-tock, about getting dirty, and sweaty.
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not to nit-pick, but we pay plumbing companies $100-$150/hour. The plumber is usually making $30-50/hour (non-union around me). Union guys are all over the map with prevailing wage.
 
Jfal said:
not to nit-pick, but we pay plumbing companies $100-$150/hour. The plumber is usually making $30-50/hour (non-union around me). Union guys are all over the map with prevailing wage.
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i have an owner of a company show up..he charges $100 to come over....the house visit charge..

i cannot say what he pays his employee's but the average bill for any work at my house is $300, and usually always done in less than an hour....one time a 5/8 inch cap on a T fitting had to be replaced, due to old age and leaking........that bill alone was $225.00

i could have easily done that myself..but again...old house, old pipes, if something broke, i'm screwed.

keep in mind too, my house is a family house, which can make a difference many times, over say a ranch house.
 
Old_Me said:
i have an owner of a company show up..he charges $100 to come over....the house visit charge..

i cannot say what he pays his employee's but the average bill for any work at my house is $300, and usually always done in less than an hour....one time a 5/8 inch cap on a T fitting had to be replaced, due to old age and leaking........that bill alone was $225.00

i could have easily done that myself..but again...old house, old pipes, if something broke, i'm screwed.

keep in mind too, my house is a family house, which can make a difference many times, over say a ranch house.
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I know plenty of plumbers. They ain't making $100/hr.

Longshoreman make about 200k a year with OT. Plenty of people work a lot harder for a lot less. One thing I know, this little strike charade they pulled will most certainly get the "Automation revolution" kicked into high gear. Long Beach, cited as one of the least efficient ports due to "Union protectionism" and lack of automation, is already pushing towards a new citing. Lack of humans. It's just a matter of time.
 
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